Ice-pick.



E. W. PISHBURNE.

ICE PICK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1914.

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EDWARD WINBURN FISI-IBURNE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFT0 OSCAR G. HOGKETT, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

ICE-PICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 191%.

App1ication filed April 11, 1914. Serial No. 831,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WINBURN Frsnnunnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Picks, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ice picksespecially designed for use around drug stores, saloons, or wherever itis necessary to chip large quantities of ice for packing or similarpurposes, and the invention relates particularly to picks with removablepoints, whereby any one or more points may be very easily removedindependent of all of the others and replaced after being sharpened, oranother one substituted for it should any one or more of the pointsbecome dulled, broken, rusty, or otherwise unfit for service.

The invention has for its primary object a simple, durable and efficientconstruction of device of this character, the parts of which are soarranged that any one without the use of special tools and in a veryeXpeditious manner and with little trouble as, for example, by removinga single screw, can separate the two sections of the combined head andhandle portion of the tool and remove any of the pick points.

A further object of the invention is a device of this character, theparts of which are so simple in construction that they may be veryeasily and cheaply manufactured and readily assembled and disassembled.And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this classso as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is anedge view of an ice pick constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is an inner face view of one part or section thereof, with thepick points in place and with parts broken away. Fig. 3

.ing drawing by like reference characters.

My improved ice pick comprises a head portion A and a handle portion B,the same being formed in two separate castings or sectlons, as clearlyillustrated in the drawmg. One of these sections is formed at the headportion A with side flanges 1 and an undercut end flange 2, with anydesired number of apertures 3 formed in and extending through the endflange 2, there bemg five in the present instance, although it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to that number, nor to anynumber of pick points, and with longitudinally disposed recesses 4 whichterminate at their inner ends in laterally enlarged openings 5. Thecomplemental section is formed at the head portion A with.longitudinally disposed recesses 6 adapted to register with the recessesi and with enlarged inner ends 7 registering with the openings 5, thislast named section being also formed at its end with an extended lip 8adapted to fit snugly underneath or within the undercut end flange 2 ofthe first named section. Jfhe second named section is of a width tosnugly fit between the side flanges 1 when one section is slipped in anendwise direction upon the other. The two sections at the handle portionB are substantially of like formation, being preferably hollow as shownand formed near one end with interior and registering apertured bosses9, said bosses being screw-threaded to receive the screw 10 or similarfastening member so as to secure the parts together.

11 designates the pick points. These are preferably formed of steel andcomprise cylindrical shank portions terminating in tapering extremitiesat one end and in heads 12 at their other ends, the shanks being adaptedto fit within the bores of the openings formed by the registeringrecesses 4L and 6 and the heads 12 being accommodated and retained inthe enlarged inner ends of the bores that are formed in the openings 5and 7 From the foregoing description in connec- Cir tion with theaccompanying drawing, the

operation of my improved ice pick will be apparent.

In the practical use of the tool, when assembling the parts, the pickpoints 11 are slipped into the recesses i and are projected outwardlythrough the apertures 3 in the end flange 2, the heads 12 being receivedwithin the openings 5. The other section is then applied, being slippedinto position by an endwise movement and the lip 8 being engagedunderneath the undercut end flange 2, the two sections of the handleportion B being brought together and the screw 10 or similar fasteningdevice being inserted in place so as to securely hold the parts inproper assembled relation to each other.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple, durable andeflicient construction of ice pick, the parts of which may be verycheaply manufactured and readily as sembled and disassembled without theuse of anything more than a screw driver or the like and that theoperation of disassembling the parts to remove and replace the pickpoints may be very easily performed.

While the accompanying drawing illus trates what I believe to be thepreferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited thereto but that various changes may be made inthe construction, arrangements and proportions of the partswithoutdeparting from the sco e of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

What is claimed, is:

1. An ice pick comprising a head portion and ahandle portion, the samebeing constructed in complemental sections, one section of the headportion being formed with side flanges and with an undercut end flangehaving a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, said sectionbeing also formed, in registry with said apertures, with longitudinallyextending recesses, the other section being adapted to slip in betweenthe side flanges and formed at its end with a transversely disposed lipadapted to project underneath the undercut end flange of the first namedsection, pick points receivable in said recesses and adapted to projectoutwardly through said apertures, and means for securing said sectionstogether.

2. An ice pick comprising a head portion and a handle portion, the samebeing constructed in complemental sections, one section of the headportion being formed with side flanges and with an undercut end flangehaving a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, said sectionbeing also formed, in registry with said apertures, with longitudinallyextending recesses, the other sec tion being adapted to slip in betweenthe side flanges and formed at its end with a transversely disposed lipadapted to project underneath the undercut end flange of the first namedsection, pick points receivable in said recesses and projecting outthrough said apertures, and means engaging the sections of the handleportion for holding the parts together.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an ice pick, embodying a headportion and a handle portion, the same being formed in two complementalsections, with the head portion of each section integral with the handleportion thereof, one of said sections being formed at the head portionwith a plurality of longitudinally disposed recesses and with anundercut end flange and apertures extending therethrough in registrywith said recesses, and the other section being formed at the headportion with corresponding recesses, both sets of recesses beingenlarged at their inner ends, the second named section being formed atits end with a lip adapted to project underneath the undercut flange ofthe first section, pick points receivable in the registering recessesand projecting outwardly through said apertures and formed at their endswith heads lying in the enlarged inner ends of the recesses, and meanssecured to the sections of the handle portions thereof for securing theparts together.

4. As a new article of manufacture, an ice pick embodying a head portionand a handle portion, the same being formed in two complemental sectionswith the head portion of each section integral with the handle portionthereof, one of said sections being formed at the head portion with aplurality of longitudinally disposed recesses and with an undercut endflange and apertures extending therethrough in registry with saidrecesses, and the other section being formed at the head portion withcorresponding recesses, both sets of recesses being enlarged at theirinner ends, the second named section being formed at its end with a lipadapted to project underneath the undercut flange of the first namedsection, pick points receivable in the registering recesses andprojecting outwardly through said apertures and formed at their endswith heads lying in the enlarged inner ends of the recesses, thesections of the handle portion being formed with interior bosses, and afastening device extending through said bosses, as and for the purposeset forth.

5. An ice pick comprising a head portion and a handle portion, the samebeing constructed in complemental sections, one section of the headportion being formed with an end flange having a plurality of aperturesextending therethrough, the other section being adapted for interlockingengagement with said end flange, pick points held between and by saidsections at the head portions thereof, and means for securing saidsections together.

6. An ice pick comprising a head portion and a handle portion, the samebeing constructed in complemental sections, with the head portion ofeach section integral with the handle portion thereof, one of saidsections being formed at the head portion With a plurality oflongitudinally disposed recesses and with an undercut end flange andapertures extending therethrough in registry with said recesses, and theother section being formed at the head portion with correspondingrecesses and adapted at its end to project underneath the undercutflange, pick points receivable in the registered recesses and projectingoutwardly through said apertures, and means secured to the sections atthe handle portions thereof for securing the parts together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. EDWARD WINBURN FISHBURNE. Witnesses:

O. C. HocKE'r'r, R. V. RANsoNE.

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Washington, D. G.

